Clod
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.
(2): (n.) A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.
(3): (v.i) To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot.
(4): (v. t.) To pelt with clods.
(5): (v. t.) To throw violently; to hurl.
(6): (n.) A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt
(7): (n.) That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul.
(8): (n.) The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
In Job 7:5 ( גּישׁ , gı̄sh , גּוּשׁ , gūsh , "a mass of earth"), "clods of dust," the crust of his sores, formed by the dry, swollen skin - a symptom of leprosy, though not peculiar to it. In Job 21:33; Job 38:38 ( reghebh , "a soft clod," "lump of clay"), "The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him," "The clods cleave fast together." In Joel 1:17 ( מגרפה , meghrāphāh , "a furrow," "something thrown off" (by the spade)), "The seeds rot (m "shrivel") under their clods."
Figurative: "Jacob shall break his clods" ( Hosea 10:11 ), i.e. "must harrow for himself," used figuratively of spiritual discipline (compare Isaiah 28:24 the King James Version).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
גּוּשׁ , Gush, or גְּישׁ , Gish, Job 7:5, a Lump of earth; מֶגְרָפָה , Megraphah', Joel 1:17, a Spadeful of earth; רֶגֶב , Re'Geb, Job 21:33; Job 38:38, a mass of earth; שָׂדִד , Sadad', to "break clods," Isaiah 28:24; Hosea 10:11; to "harrow," Job 39:10, prop. to Level the plowed field. (See Agriculture).
